Named for another famous American, a distant cousin who authored ... a solidly Catholic and upper middle class environment. 1935 Portrait by David Silvette, courtesy National Portrait Gallery.

The Catalog of American Portraits (CAP) is a national portrait archives maintaining data and images for nearly 200,000 portraits. The CAP maintains records of historically significant American ...

A new exhibition and book, "American Cool," currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., traces the origins of "cool." It also includes a look at the 100 "coolest ...

Another very famous painting by Thomas Eakins is ‘The Biglin Brothers Racing’. This too looks very similar to a photograph, ...

Today, we can see the real-life locations that inspired famous paintings side-by-side ... Church was an American landscape ...

the renowned American photographer, only had 25 minutes to work her magic with the late Queen in 2007. Some consequential ...

Out of the 45 photography portraits in the “American Farmer” collection at Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 19 ...

Artist Jasmine Cho makes exquisite portraits that champion famous and forgotten Asian-Americans. Her canvas? “Cookies, I’ve always said, are the perfect platform for education, activism and ...

Artist Guan Qingsheng from China uses a pencil, knife and a piece of wire to engineer life-like portraits of famous people on chicken eggs. The 62-year-old artist used to work as a designer at a ...

Maine artist Robert Shetterly's renowned collection of portraits will be on display at the Bates Mill for a month, starting ...

It matches your selfie to similar-looking famous artwork. Here's how to find out your match. Once you're in the app, scroll down to "Is your portrait in a museum?" Tap "get started" and prepare to ...

(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre ... having painted portraits of her famous friends like Anjelica Huston, Diane Von Furstenberg and Susan Sarandon.